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30.2; Search for a function inside a mini buffer

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: "Jakub T. Jankiewicz" <jcubic <at> onet.pl>
Subject: bug#79395: closed (Re: bug#79395: 30.2; Search for a function
 inside a mini buffer)
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2025 06:54:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#79395: 30.2; Search for a function inside a mini buffer

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 79395 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: "Jakub T. Jankiewicz" <jcubic <at> onet.pl>
Cc: 79395-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79395: 30.2; Search for a function inside a mini buffer
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2025 09:51:19 +0300

[CC'ing back to the bug tracker]

>> Sorry, help-related commands recently were excluded from C-s
>> by the request at https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=64656
>> 
>> When you remove the symbol `help--symbol-completion-table`
>> from the function `minibuffer-default-add-completions`,
>> this will restore the functionality that you need.
>
> Thanks. For the future reference, it seems that adding this to .emacs file
> restores the old behaviour:
>
> (defun minibuffer-default-add-completions ()
>    "Return a list of all completions without the default value.
> This function is used to add all elements of the completion table to
> the end of the list of defaults just after the default value."
>   (let ((def minibuffer-default)
>         (all (all-completions ""
>                               minibuffer-completion-table
>                               minibuffer-completion-predicate)))
>     (if (listp def)
>         (append def all)
>       (cons def (delete def all)))))
>
> It's reverse patch from:
>
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=64656#98

Until there are more requests it seems this report
could be closed now, done.

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From: "Jakub T. Jankiewicz" <jcubic <at> onet.pl>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 30.2; Search for a function inside a mini buffer
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2025 17:36:35 +0200

You can search inside mini buffer, `M-x C-s`, to find a command to execute.
But it seems that you can't run `C-h f C-s` to search function documentation.
there are no list to search through. And the search says [Failing I-search] no
matter what you type.

There was related bug report in 2012:

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12490

When the feature of searching inside mini buffer was removed (by accident I
assume). There was a workaround created back then. I'm not sure if the
workaround also fixed `C-h f` (most likely did, I would probably found this
sooner), but now it's not working the same as the workaround that I was
given. I also run in `emacs -Q` and `M-x C-s` is working there, but
`C-h f C-s` do not.

I also checked `C-h v C-s`, so I can assume that all docs have the same
issue.

Jakub

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